What auditors actually look for.
Two reference pieces to start with. WCAG 2.2 in the order it fails real Indian sites. veraPDF in the way it should be read — as the floor, not the ceiling.
The WCAG 2.2 Checklist, the way we actually use it
Eighty-six success criteria. Nine of them new. Four will quietly fail every Indian banking and government portal you can name. Ranked by audit priority, with GIGW 3.0 mapping.
Read the pieceveraPDF, decoded — what the validator actually tells you
The closest thing the PDF world has to a referee. Also routinely misread. What it can decide, what it cannot, and how to read a failure report without being lulled by a green checkmark.
Read the pieceThe Indian-specific mandates.
GIGW 3.0 for government sites and the SEBI accessibility circular for listed companies — what they actually require, from the lab that runs these audits.
GIGW 3.0 explained — how government websites get the STQC CQW certificate
What changed from GIGW 2.0. The 11-step CQW audit process from the inside. The criteria STQC reviewers always flag. Why bilingual PDF downloads are the single most common point of failure.
Read the pieceThe SEBI accessibility mandate — what IS 17802 compliance means in an inspection
What circular SEBI/HO/OIAE/OIAE_IAD-1/P/CIR/2023/147 actually requires. IS 17802 mapped to WCAG. The evidence file SEBI inspectors look for, and why annual report PDFs are the most-cited gap.
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